State Road 878 - Snapper Creek Expressway

Toll Florida State Road 878

Operated by the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX), the Snapper Creek Expressway (State Road 878) parallels Snapper Creek between SR 874 (Don Shula Expressway) and U.S. 1 (Dixie Highway). The 2.66 mile long expressway generally passes through unincorporated Kendall. A concrete barrier separates the two lane roadways, and interchanges along SR 878 connect with SR 973 (SW 87th Avenue) and SW 72nd Avenue. There is no interchange with SR 826 (Palmetto Expressway).

Like many other expressways in South Florida, the Snapper Creek Expressway was first proposed in the 1969 Miami Transportation Study. It was originally planned to connect U.S. 1 with the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike, simply by using SR 878 west to SR 874 south to the turnpike. Funded with gas tax funds, the Snapper Creek Expressway was built as planned between 1978 and 1980. SR 878 was converted to all electronic tolling (AET) in 2010.1

References:

  1. "Update of MDX Open Road Tolling - Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee" Miami-Dade Expressway Authority. September 11, 2013.
  2. SR 878 over FEC R/R SW70 & SW72 AVE, Miami-Dade County, Florida. BridgeReports.com.

Some background information about SR 878 was originally researched by Justin Cozart and Jason Learned and posted on TropicalTurnpikes.com. It is reproduced with permission by Justin Cozart.

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Page Updated Thursday May 02, 2019.